Creator: Borra, Giovanni Battista, 1713–1770 / Subject Terms: architectural subject and landscape

1. View of the Valley of Sardis and View of a Ruined Bridge

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black and brown ink with gray wash and watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with gray wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 x 14 15/16 inches (54.1 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Upper Image: Sepolcri Dei Re Di Giuda; Lower Image: Villagio di S. Giovanni in Giudea

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 7/16 x 14 15/16 inches (54.5 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Ruins at Pergamon, Probably of the Amphitheatre

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with gray wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. View of the Ruins of an Ionic Temple at Sardis, Probably the Temple of Neptune

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches (38.4 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Plan of Lake Tiberias

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 21 7/16 inches (37.7 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. View of the Ruined Theater of Aezani at Tjaden

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 21 9/16 inches (37.6 x 54.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. View of Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and blue wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 3/16 inches (37.9 x 53.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 5/16 inches (38.1 x 54.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Plan, View and Second Plan of Ruins at Sardis

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 15/16 inches (53.9 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. View of the Modern City of Pergamon

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 5/16 inches (38.3 x 54.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. View of the Theater and Plan of the Ionic Temple at Sardis

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black and brown ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with gray wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 15/16 inches (54 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. View and Plan of the Theater of Hierapolis (now Pamukkale)

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 x 14 15/16 inches (54.3 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. View of the Source of the Lycus River (Nahr el-Kelb)

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches (37.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Gierusalemme

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 21 1/2 inches (36.4 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. View of a Long Aqueduct

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 22 inches (38.4 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Aquedotto Angolare

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 21 1/4 inches (37.8 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. View of Maglova Aqueduct

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 11/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37.3 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Is'Tmo di Cizico unito al Continente

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 21 3/4 inches (37.8 x 55.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Castello di Smirna

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 9/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Topographical Map of Halicarnassus at its Harbor

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 1/8 inches (37.4 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. View of a Passage Cut into a Hillside

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/8 x 15 inches (53.7 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. View of Ruins at Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 1/4 inches (38.1 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. View of the Valley of Sardis and View of a Ruined Bridge

2. Upper Image: Sepolcri Dei Re Di Giuda; Lower Image: Villagio di S. Giovanni in Giudea

3. Ruins at Pergamon, Probably of the Amphitheatre

4. View of the Ruins of an Ionic Temple at Sardis, Probably the Temple of Neptune

5. Plan of Lake Tiberias

6. View of the Ruined Theater of Aezani at Tjaden

7. View of Tivoli

8. View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

9. Plan, View and Second Plan of Ruins at Sardis

10. View of the Modern City of Pergamon

11. View of the Theater and Plan of the Ionic Temple at Sardis

12. View and Plan of the Theater of Hierapolis (now Pamukkale)

13. View of the Source of the Lycus River (Nahr el-Kelb)

14. Gierusalemme

15. View of a Long Aqueduct

16. Aquedotto Angolare

17. View of Maglova Aqueduct

18. Is'Tmo di Cizico unito al Continente

19. Castello di Smirna

20. Topographical Map of Halicarnassus at its Harbor

21. View of a Passage Cut into a Hillside

22. View of Ruins at Tivoli